Shanghai resident and author Tess Johnston will present the lecture “Art Deco in Shanghai,” which will be accompanied by the photography exhibition Art Deco in Shanghai and Miami Beach by Chinese photographer and Shanghai resident Deke Erh. Johnston and Erh are regarded worldwide as experts in Shanghai Art Deco architecture, which represents the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in Asia and is one of the largest in the world. The event, which is being co-presented by the University of Miami School of Architecture and Goldman Properties, is free and open to the public.

The lecture will take place on Monday, February 1 at 6 p.m. in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Lecture Hall, on UM’s Coral Gables campus. The exhibition opens Friday, January 22 and will remain open through February 2 at the Irvin Korach Architecture Gallery, adjacent to the lecture hall. It features 100 large-format framed color photographs of Art Deco architecture from Shanghai and Miami Beach.

“This is an important event for the School of Architecture because of our faculty’s long involvement with the Art Deco district in Miami Beach,” said Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, dean of the School of Architecture. “We look forward to presenting the exhibit and the lecture for the enrichment of knowledge they will provide for our school’s new Certificate in Historic Preservation program as well as for our South Florida community.”